Should I Accept this Job Offer?

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Ok it is not really a job offer but I have an interview with a hospital that is really far away from me (I'm angry at myself for applying there but I was desperate). I don't drive and the hospital is located 3 hours and 40 mins away from me by public transit (2 buses and a long train ride). If I drove it would be an hour. I am a New Grad and I need work but I honestly did not think they would call me back. I was really hoping for one near me to call me back. Also living that far away is not an option for me. If I am traveling 7 hours a day (to and fro combined) and working 12 hours back to back wouldn't that be detrimental to my health. It is a great public hospital affiliated with a public research university. They have a great new grad RN orientation program. This is why I am upset it is really far :(....What do you think I should do?

Specializes in Pedi.

Why isn't moving an option? That's what I'd do.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Lease a cheaper smart car!

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Go to the interview and see what happens! If you really really need the money, I would say do the commute until you can pay for a lease for a car. Can you rent a car now? Can you borrow money from your parents or take a loan or something for rent? Persevere and find a way to do it. I would take the interview and play it from there!

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Find a way to take the job if it is offered to you. Finding that first job out of school is hard in some areas of the country.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Oncology, Neurology, Rehab.

Nothing is impossible. Go go a used car lot explain your delimma and they may work something out for you if you show them you are sincere and determined and will pay them on your first pay check. Best wishes to you.

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12 hr shifts are rarely 12 hr shifts - when you add report they are more like 13 and that's if all goes well. You have to consider that because you may be scheduled a few days in a row, run late..how would you sleep if you are spending that time on public transportation..what if that transportation is late? Breaks down? How much, realistically, is using the public transportation going to cost you in time and money? Unless you can stay somewhere close on the days you work and the night before, this to me, is a mistake. I understand you need a job but you are asking for advice and no one who has responded thinks this is a good idea w/the situation as it is. Plus, you said yourself you don't have a job offer so unless you want to spend you life commuting and working, you should pass and keep plugging away at jobs closer to your residence.

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Do your best at the interview. Think about all of these when they offer you the job. If it is hard to get a new grad job in your area, you must be open to all options.

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Update?

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Specializes in LTC.

Rent a car and start looking for an apartment in the area. Public transport doesn't seem like a realistic option. At least where I am from it is no where near reliable and you won't have a job after two or three tardies. Don't stress going into a little debt, a full-time paycheck will quickly resolve that issue and if you have a job then you can start paying back your school loans, they won't defer forever!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Oncology, Neurology, Rehab.

nothing is impossible with GOD!!!!! Just try and see what you can do and just pray!!!!

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Lots of things are impossible, including the scenario in this first post.

1. A 7 hour commute and 12 1/2 (more like 14) hour shift, time to get ready, to unwind, and sleep time add up to more than 24 hours. Since there's only 24 hours in a day, this is impossible.

2. Even if there were more than 24 hours in a day, the nurse would be physically unable to perform her job, and unsafe, with so little sleep. If she were only taking one mode of transfer, say a train, that might be different because she'd be able to sleep- but 3 modes?

3. When the employer realizes that this nurse will have a 3 1/2 hour commute, via 3 different transfers- no less, just to get there, the job offer will be revoked. Not only will her arrival on time most likely often be delayed, the nurse would be exhausted and unsafe and a liability by the time she got to work. Aside from that- what happens when that nurse is required to stay over, possibly several hours, during a staffing problem? Her trip home might require an extra hour, or more based on available transit schedules.

Not a logical, practical, or possible situation. And like she said- she will not move, and for whatever reason is adamant that she can't or won't get a car.

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Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.
Update?

According to to her other threads, she is still looking and trying to work around a Visa issue and finding an employer sponsor.

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